£5m boost for University’s Digital Innovation Factory

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has agreed to provide £5 million funding, from its Single Investment Fund, for a new University development that could create more than 400 jobs. The project will establish a Digital Innovation Factory (DIF) within the University of Liverpool’s City Centre Campus. It will be a Centre of Excellence in simulation and virtual reality, bringing together complementary areas of research of computer science, robotics, and engineering in which the University has world-class capabilities and enabling engagement with businesses to promote innovation. Read more